Employment Training (Hansard, 8 January 1990)

§ Mr. McLeish
To ask the Secretary of State for Employment what is the total number of trainees in employment training for the most recent date for which information is available in Great Britain and in each of the standard regions, Scotland and Wales.

§ Mr. Nicholls
[holding answer 21 December 1989]: The information is not available in the precise form requested. Information is available only for the eight Training Agency regions in England and for Scotland and Wales. The latest available figures of employment training filled places are given in the table.

Employment training

Number in-training at 8 December 1989

Region Numbers

South East 14,300

London 21,400

South West 12,300

West Midlands 23,100

East Midlands and Eastern 16,900

Yorkshire and Humberside 25,600

North West 29,400

Northern 24,500

Wales 16,500

Scotland 26,400

Great Britain ¹211,000

¹ Including a small number of trainees at Residential Training Colleges and other training providers not identified separately in the regional totals.

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§ Mr. Nicholls
The information is supplied in the table.

Employment training
Number in-training at 8 December 1989
Region	Numbers
South East	14,300
London	21,400
South West	12,300
West Midlands	23,100
East Midlands and Eastern	16,900
Yorkshire and Humberside	25,600
North West	29,400
Northern	24,500
Wales	16,500
Scotland	26,400
Great Britain	¹211,000
¹ Including a small number of trainees at Residential Training Colleges and other training providers not identified separately in the regional totals.